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Maple-Almond Granola with Seasonal Fruit

This crunchy granola, lightly sweetened with honey and flavorful grade-B maple syrup, is very versatile: you can stir in almost any type of fresh or dried fruit (such as currants or cranberries) once the granola is cool. Enjoy it out of hand as a snack, sprinkle over yogurt or serve in a bowl with milk.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Maple-Almond Granola with Seasonal Fruit

Why it works: Oats and almond work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 552 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Maple-Almond Granola with Seasonal Fruit

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

396Calories
6 gProtein
17 gFat
58 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Fruitnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By williamssonoma. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Oats + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  2. Canola oil + oatstop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together103 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Maple syrup + oatstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together298 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Honey + oatstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together634 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Canola oil + almondtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, maple syrup, honey, oats):

  1. Flaxseedfits better
  2. Pecansfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, maple syrup, honey, oats. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.